The first day felt like two days, the second day felt like a few hours…
Today was a go-go-go-go kind of day. My buddy and co-TA Ariel emailed me last night to say that she had gotten food poisioning (boo!) and asked if I could take over her sections today. I have my Friday section at 9, and she teaches the 10 and 11 sections… so that meant three straight hours of teaching this morning. It actually went really well, and it was the last week of section for our Friday kids, so it was kinda nice to know I wouldn’t see these folks again. I had to bump my office hours back an hour to accomodate the sections, so by 1 when I was finally free, it had already been quite a long day. Tried to grade papers over lunch, and then I had my three-hour typology class… by then I was pretty spent but I hadn’t even started on my own work, let alone finished grading for the day. So I had Lewis come pick me up and take me out to dinner (I had to be driven to school this morning because my bike tire was flat and I didn’t have time to fix it!) and then I came home and got right back to work. Now it’s 10:30. And it’s bedtime. But i got so much done today, even if it wasn’t what I wanted to be doing. Kids taken care of, essays graded, classes attended, and I’m ready for my weekend preparing for the big presentation Monday. I’ll try not to panic about that too much between now and then… but damn if I’m not a bit nervous.